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Joseph Simpkins

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
1865 (aged 74–75)
Kansas, USA
Burial
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Joseph died before the 1870 census..he married Nancy Stephens June 7, 1824 in Cumberland, North Carolina
Taken from Biographies in the Rains County Site
The following was taken from Rains County History, published by the Rains County Historical Commission, c1980. died : He was returning home from a cattle drive when he was thrown from a horse or wagon & killed. He died near the close of the Civil War and was over 70 years old. He is buried near Coffeyville, KS
etc. : He was among the first settlers in what is now Wood & Rains Co., arriving abt 1843; he spent some time in TN & MO before coming to TX. He fought in the Texas War of Independence. He was a gunsmith, farmer & rancher.
Joseph died before the 1870 census..he married Nancy Stephens June 7, 1824 in Cumberland, North Carolina
Taken from Biographies in the Rains County Site
The following was taken from Rains County History, published by the Rains County Historical Commission, c1980. died : He was returning home from a cattle drive when he was thrown from a horse or wagon & killed. He died near the close of the Civil War and was over 70 years old. He is buried near Coffeyville, KS
etc. : He was among the first settlers in what is now Wood & Rains Co., arriving abt 1843; he spent some time in TN & MO before coming to TX. He fought in the Texas War of Independence. He was a gunsmith, farmer & rancher.


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